Quincy woman cyberstalked, threatened life of Kevin Spacey

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May 14, 2014 at 7:24 AMMay 15, 2014 at 7:55 AM

Linda Culkin, 55, of Quincy has pleaded guilty to charges that she repeatedly stalked actor Kevin Spacey, with prosecutors alleging she threatened by mail and the Internet to shoot him, castrate him, disembowel him and blow him up

Patrick Ronan The Patriot Ledger @pronan_Ledger

QUINCY – In Linda Culkin’s Quincy Center apartment, authorities found a picture of film star Kevin Spacey with his eyes blacked out and mouth scribbled out, court records say.

Elsewhere in the apartment were multiple copies of a page entitled “Killing Kevin Spacey” with various messages like “his nightmare is only beginning” and “the only way this is gonna be over is when these lads put him 6 foot under.”

Federal court records, which at times read like a script for a Hollywood psychological thriller, detail a real-life scare for Spacey, the Boston Herald reported. Culkin, 55, has pleaded guilty to charges that she repeatedly cyberstalked Spacey, with prosecutors alleging that she threatened by mail and the Internet to shoot him, castrate him, disembowel him and blow him up.

She also sent fake bomb threats to his two of his workplaces, sent threats to his coworkers and business associates, and sent a hoax letter containing a white powder, court records say.

The court records in Culkin’s case identify Spacey as “K.S.,” according to the Herald. Prosecutors said Culkin carried an intense hatred and obsession for Spacey, but didn’t specify why.

The publicist for Spacey, star of the Netflix drama “House of Cards” and hit films such as “American Beauty” and “The Usual Suspects,” did not return a call for comment Wednesday.

U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz’s office, which is prosecuting the case, is seeking a five-year prison sentence for Culkin, whose address is 215 Burgin Parkway, Unit 14. Culkin has pleaded guilty to 14 counts of threatening and hoax communication offenses, but her sentencing originally scheduled for Tuesday has been delayed.

Judge George O’Toole pushed back Culkin’s sentencing, originally scheduled for this past Tuesday in Boston, so the defendant can undergo a psychological evaluation, said Ortiz spokeswoman Christina DiIorio-Sterling. No new hearing has been set.

Culkin, who has a criminal history, including multiple stalking convictions in 1992, has been in law enforcement custody since her arrest in January 2012. She recently wrote “graffiti about K.S.” in the U.S. marshal’s lock-up facility, court records say.

Court records said Culkin sent out threats at various locations, including the Quincy and Milton public libraries.